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HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS GUIDE

www.gov.sk.ca/hunting

NOTE: The season dates listed in this guide will be the same in 2014. Please retain this guide for scheduling your 2014 hunting plans and Big Game Draw applications.

MINISTERS MESSAGE
I am pleased to present the Saskatchewan Hunters' and Trappers' Guide for the 2013/14 season. Information in the guide is intended to keep you informed about changes in wildlife programs and services and to assist in planning your annual hunting and trapping activities. Saskatchewan's varied and abundant hunting opportunities provide a quality experience for many thousands of outdoor enthusiasts. Hunting and trapping continue to play an important role in our growing provincial economy. I encourage all hunters and trappers to take an active part in the wise use and management of the province's wildlife resources. You will notice a few changes in the format of this year's guide. These changes are intended to make the guide easier to handle, simpler to use and more durable. As many of you know, the province has moved to an automated hunting and angling licensing system. This automated service provides greater convenience. In addition to buying licences from an issuer, hunters can buy online at home or order by phone. You will need to pick up a convenience pack of seals at ministry/select provincial park offices or licence issuers in order to complete most hunting licence transactions at home. I wish you many enjoyable and successful hunting and trapping excursions during the upcoming season. I encourage you to learn more about Saskatchewan wildlife resources and services by visiting our website at http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/.

Ken Cheveldayoff Minister of Environment

Saskatchewan Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Day November 15, 2013

Front Cover Photo: OA00253 Hunting, near Craven Tourism Saskatchewan/Douglas E. Walker Printed in Canada/110,000

TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to Use this Guide.....................................................................................2 What's New for 2013.......................................................................................3 New Regulations for 2013 ...............................................................................5 New Big Game Seals........................................................................................6 New Automated Hunting, Angling and Trapping Licensing .............................8 Licence Fees ..................................................................................................10 Residency and Licence Information...............................................................12 Did You Know?...............................................................................................13 General Information......................................................................................14 Summary of Hunting Regulations ! Hunting Regulations........................................................................15 ! Baiting Regulations .........................................................................17 ! Vehicle Controls ..............................................................................19 ! Forest Road Closures.......................................................................21 ! Transporting Big Game....................................................................21 ! Game Bird Transport Requirements................................................22 ! Special Lands Provisions..................................................................23 ! Community Pastures .......................................................................24 ! Trapping Information ......................................................................25 ! Game Bird Hunting Closure Times ..................................................26 2013 Wildlife Management Zones Map ........................................................27 Big Game Draw Season Dates .......................................................................28 Regular Season Dates ....................................................................................36 Guided Season Dates.....................................................................................41 Game Birds Regular Limits/Season Dates......................................................44 Migratory Game Birds Regular Limits/Season Dates.....................................45 Game Bird Information..................................................................................46 Trapping Season Dates ..................................................................................47 Certified Killing Traps for 2013 ......................................................................48 Certified Foot-hold Restraining Traps for 2013 .............................................49 Update on Trapping Standards ......................................................................50 Trapping Information.....................................................................................51 Volunteer Opportunities ...............................................................................52 2013-14 Sunrise Sunset Times ......................................................................53 Fish and Wildlife Development Fund ............................................................54 Contact Information ......................................................................................56

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

2013/14 Saskatchewan Hunters' and Trappers' Guide The Hunters' and Trappers' guide is available annually from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment to provide an up-to-date synopsis of the bag limits, season dates, wildlife management zones, regulations, new programs and other relevant information of interest to hunters and trappers. This synopsis is neither a legal document nor a complete summary of the current rules and regulations that pertain to hunting and trapping in Saskatchewan and is intended to act as a general reference only. Complete copies of The Wildlife Act, 1998 and The Wildlife Regulations, 1991 are available in print and electronic form from the Saskatchewan Queen's Printer at http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/. The annual Hunters' and Trappers' Guide is available online in July and in print in early August from all ministry offices and private licence issuers. Remember this Hunters and Trappers Guide is current for the 2014 spring bear, snow goose and trapping seasons. Please retain this document as a valuable reference throughout the year. Whether you are new to hunting and trapping in the province or are a longtime outdoor enthusiast, the answer to your question is likely contained in the following pages.

Photos If you would like to submit a picture for consideration for our photo gallery, please email in jpeg format to: andrea.busse@gov.sk.ca . Please note that photo considerations must follow applicable regulations, show safe firearm handling procedures and display respect for the animal.

WHAT'S NEW FOR 2013

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New opportunities for Farmland Moose Moose populations in farmland Saskatchewan continue to be high and quotas will increase by 875 licences above 2012 levels. First time either-sex moose hunting opportunities will be offered in zones 2, 5, 15, 16, 51, 52 and Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone. There will be new antlerless moose quotas in zones 6A, 8A/11A, 36A and 40A. Quotas in the remaining farmland zones have been adjusted to balance population levels with occurrences of moose/human interactions. New opportunities for Elk In some areas of the province elk populations are above long term objectives. In response wildlife managers have increased regular season antlerless opportunities. A regular 'antlerless elk only' season will be offered within the boundaries of Moose Mountain Provincial Park (not including zone 33) with extended season dates. Changes to the regular elk season in east central Saskatchewan will mean hunters will be able to hunt either-sex elk throughout the entire season in zones 48, 49, 56, 57, 58 and 59. Draw antlerless elk quotas have also been increased (556 more than 2012) and first time hunts will be offered in zones 5A, 9/10(A), combined zone 28/45E(A) and 46(A). White-tailed Deer Saskatchewan resident white-tailed deer opportunities will be unchanged for 2013. Open seasons for antlerless white-tailed deer will be offered in wildlife management zones 47, 54, 55 as well as the city zones of Regina/Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and Buckland-Prince Albert. Changes have been made to the Canadian resident white-tailed deer licensing process. Canadian residents interested in hunting white-tailed deer in the province were required to apply for a quota-based draw. This draw placed applicants in two priority pools; the first pool consists of hunters who have a family member who is a resident of the province, the second pool contains all other applicants.

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Mule Deer Mule deer quotas remain similar to last year, with some increases in areas with depredation concerns. Hunters are reminded to confirm that an archery mule deer season is in place for their hunting area. Pronghorn Antelope Pronghorn antelope in the province are at the very northern limit of their range and can be susceptible to high levels of winter mortality. Two of the past three winters have been very difficult for pronghorns. Therefore, the season will remain closed for 2013. Upland Game Bird Due to concerns about upland bird populations, the ministry has reduced limits for sharp-tailed grouse and ring-necked pheasants from three birds daily to two birds daily with four birds allowed in possession. Hungarian partridge possession limits have been lowered from three times the daily limit to twice the daily limit. Waterfowler Heritage Days Saskatchewan is adopting Waterfowler Heritage Days which allow a youth under 18 years of age to hunt without a federal migratory bird licence when accompanied by a licensed adult. The days designated will be the Labour Day weekend (on or after September 1) and the Thanksgiving weekend. This opportunity will provide young people with the chance to practice hunting and outdoor skills, learn about wildlife conservation, and reinforce safety training in a structured, supervised environment. Youth hunters will still require a Saskatchewan game bird licence (available as part of the Youth Game Licence) and must have graduated from a Firearm Safety/Hunter Education Course.

NEW REGULATIONS FOR 2013

Big Game Transport Permit no longer required Hunters who divide their meat and transport it to separate locations within the province are no longer required to obtain a permit. Instead, the successful hunter must provide documentation indicating his or her name, signature, licence number, species of game and date of harvest. Any individual possessing the unprocessed meat must have this information readily available to an enforcement officer. New Tagging Requirements A significant change is that there are no longer different seals for different species. This is part of the changes introduced with the automated licensing system. The seal or tag included with a big game hunting licence has changed. Hunters will notice that the seal is still the familiar three-part, antler (head), hide and meat seal, however, it no longer contains an adhesive. Hunters are asked to attach the tags using a string or plastic tie which they supply. All seals are the same colour and design. When a big game licence is purchased, a seal is registered with that licence and the hunter is asked to record: the species for which the seal is valid; licence number; year; and signature on the seal. This will ensure that when a hunter is tagging an animal the correct seal is used. Please see page six for detailed instruction on the use of the new seal. Guided Bear and White-tailed Deer Licence The non-resident white-tailed deer and non-resident bear licence have been changed to a regular guided licence. This change will allow both Canadian resident and non-resident hunters to participate in an outfitted hunting opportunity. The guided white-tailed deer licence is available to Canadian residents who choose not to participate or were unsuccessful in the draw. Refer to pages 10 and 11. Harvest Ledger The Harvest Ledger is a new licence document which will be used to track harvest of species which have a season or quota limit. Canadian and non-resident game bird hunters will no longer be required to tag their game birds. Instead, the hunter must record the date each game bird was taken. This ledger must be kept up to date, remain in the hunters possession and will be used to track the hunters seasonal harvest. 5

NEW BIG GAME SEALS

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The automated licensing system uses a newly designed generic tag. There are no longer separate seals for each species and licence type. All seals are three-part, pre-numbered and orange in colour. When a big game licence is purchased, a blank seal will be registered with that licence. The serial number of the tag will be printed on the licence. Once the generic seal is registered with the licence, it becomes a species-specific seal matching the species-specific licence. Hunters will be required to write the year, species, licence number and sign the seal in the spaces provided. New - Convenience Pack Process To purchase a regular or big game draw licence online using a personal computer, you need to first visit a licence issuer or ministry/select provincial park office to obtain a new convenience pack. A free convenience pack contains six unregistered seals that have no expiry date. Once you have purchased your licence online and registered a seal from a convenience pack, you are now able to hunt. Important: all hunting licences including seals continue to be available from private issuers and ministry/select provincial park offices. Procedure When Tagging an Animal Each part of the three-part seal must be separated; the day, month and year notched; and the seal secured to the animal immediately after the animal is killed, as per instruction on the reverse side of the seal. Note: the antler (head) seal is now required for all big game animals except bears. ! Fold each seal in half with the signature/licence number facing outwards. ! Insert a string or plastic seal through both pre-punched holes in the seal and; C Attach the meat seal to any tendon of the hind leg or through the rib cage C Attach the hide seal to any part of the hide C Attach the head (antler) seal to one antler of a buck/bull or secure it to the ear of an antlerless animal. This seal must remain attached until March 31 of the year following harvest of the animal. ! Heads or antlers that are exported must have the antler (head) seal attached to the antler. ! Moose and elk hides may be left in the field in Zones 56 to 76 only. The hide seal must remain attached to the hide at the kill site.
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Information to be completed by hunter as shown.

Separating the 3-part seal (meat, hide and antler/head).

Options for securing seal (string, plastic tie, twist tie, wire etc.).

Cut out the year, month and day of harvest on each seal.

Fold seal and insert the tie through both holes.

Secure appropriate seal to hide, meat and antler (head) of the animal.

AUTOMATED HUNTING, ANGLING AND TRAPPING LICENSING (HAL)

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A significant change for 2013 is the implementation of the automated hunting, trapping and angling licensing (HAL) system. Obtaining your hunting and angling licences will now be easier and more efficient with more ways to purchase licences including: private issuers; ministry and select provincial park offices; online through your personal computer; or ordered over the phone. Over the last several years, the ministry has consulted with many hunters, anglers, trappers and issuers, and has heard that the manual, paper-based system was outdated and needed to be modernized. It was costly to administer for both the licence issuers and the ministry, and it did not meet the ministry's management needs. The new system requires you to set up a free account the first time you apply for an angling licence, the big game draw or hunting or trapping licence. Once registered, future transactions are very simple and fast requiring only one of your identification numbers to access your account. The system will then offer you the licences available to you based on your residency. It will also offer any big game draw licences that you have been successfully drawn for. Your initial registration will require your name (exactly as it appears on your valid Saskatchewan Health Services Card), your date of birth, gender, address and a secondary piece of identification. Many people use their Drivers Licence for this purpose. However, you can register with identification such as your Firearms Licence, Passport, Firearm Safety or any other personal numbered piece of identification that you normally carry with you. The system does assign you a HAL Identification Number (ID) but will also allow you to access your account by using the previously chosen piece of identification. You are not required to remember or produce your HAL ID for future transactions if you use your secondary identification. Once you access your account at a ministry office, private licence issuer, by phone or over the internet, you simply select a licence you wish to purchase and make your payment. All hunting licences you purchase will be printed on a single 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper. Remember, a printer is required to print the licence if purchased via the self-serve internet channel. Licence fees have not increased and the allocation of 30 per cent of licence revenue to the Fish and Wildlife Development Fund will be retained. 8

There are numerous advantages to this new service:

? A client has the option of 24 hour at-home online licence purchase

availability.
? The system will reduce administration time and costs for issuers and

simplify the process.

? Out-of-province clients will have the option to purchase a big game

or game bird licence prior to arriving in the province by phone at 1-855-848-4773 (8:00 am - 9:00 pm).
? Saskatchewan clients who are a considerable distance from a licence

issuer will no longer have to incur the expense necessary to drive to purchase a big game licence if they have already obtained a convenience package (see page 6).
? The ministry will have up-to-date data that can inform resource

management decisions and improve compliance activities.

? Access to real time licence information will provide a more current

understanding of hunter/angler activity and demographics with potential for new or enhanced marketing opportunities. For more information or to purchase hunting, trapping or angling licences, visit our website at http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/licences

! Remember, you only require one HAL account for hunting, angling and big game draw licences. Your HAL ID is your permanent, unique number so protect it!

LICENCE FEES

Hunting licence and seals (tags) must be carried with you at all times while hunting.

Fees include GST (Goods and Services Tax)

Note: The ministrys automated licensing system will ensure that any purchase of a hunting licence will also include a 2013 Wildlife Habitat Certificate.

(required for all game fur and youth licences) Wildlife Habitat Certificate ..............................................................$10.79 Game Birds: A Federal Migratory Game Bird Permit, the applicable Saskatchewan game bird licence and a Wildlife Habitat Certificate are all required to hunt waterfowl. Migratory Game Bird Permit (only available at post offices) .....$17.85 Saskatchewan Resident Game Bird Licence ...............................$10.79 Canadian Resident Game Bird Licence.......................................$56.91 Non-resident Game Bird Licence .............................................$113.83 Youth Game Licence (Saskatchewan Residents only) (includes game bird and a first white-tailed deer licence) ...........$8.83 Persons aged 12 to 18 years (inclusive) White-tailed Deer: First Saskatchewan Resident ............................................................$32.38 Antlerless (Saskatchewan Residents only)........................................$19.62 Canadian Resident Draw ................................................................$137.38 Guided (Canadian and Non-residents) ...........................................$274.76 Elk: Saskatchewan Resident ....................................................................$32.38 Saskatchewan Resident Draw...........................................................$53.97 Moose: Saskatchewan Resident ....................................................................$32.38 Saskatchewan Resident Draw...........................................................$53.97 Guided Canadian Resident .............................................................$161.92 Guided Non-resident ......................................................................$323.83 Mule Deer: Saskatchewan Resident Archery.......................................................$37.29 Saskatchewan Resident Draw...........................................................$37.29 Saskatchewan Resident Antlerless Draw ..........................................$19.62 Barren Ground Caribou: Residents of Zone 76 only ................................................................$21.59

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Black Bear: Saskatchewan Resident ....................................................................$16.68 Canadian Resident............................................................................$53.97 Guided (Canadian and Non-residents) ...........................................$161.92 Fur Licences (Saskatchewan Residents only): South Saskatchewan..............................................................................$30 Fur Conservation Area (available at Ministry of Environment offices only) ...........................................................................................$10 Youth - available with Youth Game Licence upon completion of the Trapper Education Course available only at Ministry of Environment offices .............................................................................Free Treaty Indian (available at local band offices) ......................................Free Fur Dealer Licences: Resident.................................................................................................$50 Each agent (maximum of three) ............................................................$50 Non-resident .......................................................................................$350 Duplicate Seals (available at Ministry of Environment offices)..........$5.40 Lost/Destroyed Seals or Ledgers (Replacements) Harvest ledgers and big game seals that have been registered (activated) with a licence may only be replaced at a ministry office. Hunters will be required to complete a Statutory Declaration describing the circumstances of the loss before the appropriate seal or ledger may be replaced. Lost/Destroyed Licences (Reprints) Licences may be reprinted online on your personal computer, at a Ministry of Environment Office (no charge) or within 24 hours of purchase from a private licence issuer. Guided Licence Hunters purchasing a guided licence must have secured the services of an outfitter.

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RESIDENCY AND LICENCE INFORMATION

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A Saskatchewan resident is a Canadian resident who possesses a valid Saskatchewan Health Services > Card, whose principal residence is in Saskatchewan and who has been living in the province for three months prior to applying for a licence. a member of the regular force of the Canadian Armed Forces or RCMP who > is stationed and residing in the province; or a member of the regular force of the Canadian Armed Forces who was a > Saskatchewan resident when recruited or deployed from the province. A Canadian resident is > a person other than a Saskatchewan resident whose principal residence is in Canada, and who is a Canadian citizen or has resided in Canada for 12 months immediately before his/her application for a licence. A Non-resident is > a person other than a Canadian or Saskatchewan resident. All Saskatchewan residents must provide their valid Health Services Card when buying game licences. The name on the licence must match the person's name on the valid Health Services Card. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP officers can use their regimental numbers when buying resident licences. Youth 12 to 15 years of age must have a parent or guardian complete the consent portion of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Habitat Certificate. While hunting, the youth must be under the direct supervision of an adult who is at least 18 years of age. Youths aged 16 to 17 may hunt unsupervised. Federal firearm legislation requires all hunters to carry a valid Federal Licence or Federal Minors' Licence when using non-restricted firearms. A youth hunter without a Federal Licence or a Federal Minors Licence must be under the supervision of someone who holds a Federal licence. A Youth Game Licence is valid for both either-sex white-tailed deer and game birds. However, youth wishing to hunt waterfowl must purchase a Federal Migratory Game Bird Permit. A free Youth Fur Licence is also available. First time trappers must also take a humane trapper education course or pass an equivalency test available from Ministry of Environment offices.

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DID YOU KNOW?

! People born after January 1, 1971, must graduate from a Firearm

Safety/Hunter Education course in order to hold or apply for a Saskatchewan game or fur licence. These individuals should be prepared to present proof of training when purchasing or applying for a licence. Contact the Saskatchewan Association of Firearm Education (SAFE) to check your status or to obtain documentation of successful completion. (306-352-6730 or www.saskhuntered.ca) Hunting includes taking, wounding, killing, chasing, pursuing, worrying, capturing, following after or on the trail of, searching for, shooting at, trapping, setting snares for, stalking or lying in wait for any wildlife, whether or not the wildlife is subsequently captured, wounded or killed. Migratory game birds may be given away provided each bird is identified with the name, address, Migratory Game Bird Permit number, date taken and signature of the hunter. Regardless of how land is posted (i.e. no hunting or no trespassing), persons may hunt on that land provided they have permission from the landowner or lessee. If a hunter wounds an animal and it runs onto posted land, it is the hunter's responsibility to contact the landowner and obtain permission to hunt before entering the posted land. Hunting is prohibited in game preserves, road corridor game preserves, wildlife refuges, migratory bird sanctuaries and other closed areas such as designated co-management areas. If a hunter shoots any wildlife of the incorrect species or sex, the hunter shall immediately field dress the animal, then call the local conservation officer to report it. If a hunter harvests a big game animal that appears unhealthy or has been previously injured, the hunter should contact the local conservation officer. Once the carcass has been deemed unfit for human consumption, a replacement licence may be issued upon relinquishment of the animal. Manitoba regulations prohibit bringing a cervid (deer, moose, elk) into Manitoba that has been killed in another province or state without first removing the head, hide, hooves, mammary glands, entrails, internal organs and spinal column. These parts must remain at the place of origin. This restriction applies to all hunters including First Nations people.

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GENERAL INFORMATION
Wildlife Research The ministry, in co-operation with its partners at the University of Saskatchewan, is currently researching the seasonal activities, habitat preferences and travel patterns of mule deer, moose and white-tailed deer. A number of animals have been fitted with radio collars in order to track their movements. We ask that hunters refrain from shooting these animals when in the field and to report all sightings, colour of the collar and any visible markings on the collar to your nearest Ministry of Environment office. If an animal is accidentally shot, please report it immediately to your nearest conservation officer. The knowledge gained from these collared animals will greatly aid us in managing our resource. Banded Waterfowl Hunters who shoot banded waterfowl should report the band number and harvest information by one of the following methods: Toll free: 1-800-327-BAND (2263) Mail: Bird Banding Office Website: www.reportband.gov/ Canadian Wildlife Service Email: BBO CWS@ec.gc.ca Environment Canada Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3

REGULAR SEASON LICENCES

Weve Automated our Hunting and Angling Licence Service! All Big Game Draw licences
and fall hunting licences will be available on August 1! The Ministry of Environment has automated its licensing system. Purchase your angling, hunting or trapping licences: ? online through your personal computer any time* ? through private issuers, Ministry of Environment and select provincial park offices; or ? by phone at 1-855-848-4773 (8:00 am - 9:00 pm).
*To purchase a big game licence online, you must first obtain a convenience pack from a ministry/select provincial park office. Please see Page 6 for the new convenience pack/seal process.

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Regulatory changes for 2013 appear in bolded red print.

SUMMARY OF SASKATCHEWANS HUNTING

REGULATIONS
The following is a summary and as such, the original statutes should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. Complete information is contained in The Wildlife Act, 1998 and The Wildlife Regulations, 1991 and may be obtained by writing: Queen's Printer, B19, 3085 Albert Street, Regina, SK, S4S 0B1 (306) 787-6894 or by accessing the website at www.qp.gov.sk.ca.

HUNTING REGULATIONS
It is a violation to:
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discharge a firearm at night from roads, road allowances and ditches. shoot across or along a highway or grid road. use any artificial light, night vision scopes or night vision goggles for the purpose of hunting. carry a loaded firearm in or on a vehicle or while on horseback. A rifle or shotgun is deemed loaded when shells are in the magazine or when a loaded clip is attached to a hinge plate or in contact with the firearm. A muzzleloader is deemed loaded when the firearm is charged and the ignition system is in place on the firearm. hunt or trap within 500 metres of a building, stockade or corral occupied by people or livestock without the consent of the owner or occupant in charge. hunt wildlife from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. 15

hunt big game with a rifle, hunt in a designated rifle-only season or accompany a rifle hunter without wearing an outer suit from the waist up of scarlet, bright yellow, blaze orange or white or any combination of these colours. Headwear must be any one of these colours except white. Coloured vests are not considered a complete outer suit from the waist up, and therefore are not acceptable. hunt wildlife with a rifle other than a muzzleloader during a big game season in Regina/Moose Jaw and Saskatoon wildlife management zones. Exception: licensed trappers may carry and use a .22 (or less) calibre rimfire rifle in these areas during a big game season, provided they are performing "normal trapping operations". use a vehicle or power boat to chase wildlife. hold a regular and a draw licence for the same species. hold two licences of the same licence type (i.e. either-sex mule deer).

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hold or apply for a licence while suspended. use aircraft for any purpose connected with searching for, hunting or killing wildlife. aid or assist people who are exercising their Aboriginal hunting rights unless you possess Aboriginal rights or carry a permit to assist. waste, destroy, allow to spoil or abandon the edible flesh of a game bird or big game animal, except bear. injure or kill a game bird or animal without making every reasonable attempt to retrieve it. retrieve a wounded animal after legal hunting hours without consent from a conservation officer. carry or transport a firearm through a game preserve, wildlife refuge, wildlife management unit, regional park, provincial park, protected area or recreation site that is closed to hunting unless the firearm is encased and in a vehicle. use or carry another person's licence, seal or certificate while hunting.

hunt game birds within 500 metres of a wildlife feeding station or enter any lands posted with lure crop signs contrary to posted instructions. hunt game birds with a shotgun unless the magazine is plugged in such a way that it cannot hold more than two shells. hunt migratory game birds with a rifle or more than one shotgun. hunt upland game birds with a centrefire rifle. use recorded calls other than snow goose vocalization to hunt waterfowl. kill female black bears with young of the year cubs at heel. transport any game, including pheasants, not accompanied by evidence of its sex and age except when all ages and both sexes of game may be legally hunted. hunt big game with a firearm or metal projectile of .23 calibre or less. hunt big game with full metaljacketed, hardpoint, nonexpanding bullets.

Areas Closed to Hunting Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) and all provincial parks, regional parks and recreation sites are closed to hunting unless otherwise specified. Firearms must be encased unless you have a hunting licence valid for that area.

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hunt big game with a bow with a draw weight of less than 18.2 kilograms (40 pounds) and arrowheads of less than 2.2 centimetres (7/8 inch) in diameter. ! hunt big game with a crossbow with a draw weight of less than 68 kilograms (150 pounds) and arrowheads of less than 2.2 centimetres (7/8 inch) in diameter. ! hunt big game with a crossbow other than in an open muzzleloader or rifle season; Exception: in the Regina/Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and BucklandPrince Albert wildlife management zones, crossbows are permitted during all open seasons. ! dig a pit or excavation or leave it open without the consent of the owner or occupant of the land. ! Canadian or non-resident game bird hunters C exceed the season limit for sharp-tailed grouse or Hungarian partridge. C fail to record the date of kill on a harvest ledger upon taking a sharp-tailed grouse or Hungarian Partridge. C hunt game birds without possessing the harvest ledger that is registered with game bird licencee. ! hold more than one game bird licence if you are a Canadian or non-resident hunter. ! leave a tree stand, blind or any other structure on provincial
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forest land, unoccupied Crown land or land within a provincial park or recreation site after July 7 if placed between April 7 and June 30 of the same year or after December 31 if placed between August 15 and December 19 of the same year. fail to clearly and permanently mark, in a visible location on a treestand or blind, the person's name and address or the outfitter's licence number and the date the treestand or blind was erected. accompany, hunt with, aid or assist a person hunting big game while hunting coyotes or foxes.

BAITING REGULATIONS
Bait means any food including salt and salt products intended to attract big game but does not include fields of crop or forage, whether standing or harvested crops, forage or hay stacked in the field where it is grown or grain that is scattered or piled as a result of farming operations. On private land or occupied Crown land, no person shall, without the permission of the owner or occupant, place bait, including salt and salt products, for hunting big game or feeding or attracting other wildlife. It is recommended that salt or salt products used for hunting purposes be placed in a leak-proof container.

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In the provincial forest, in provincial parks or recreation sites and on unoccupied Crown land, no person shall: ! store any bait at or near any bait location. ! hunt at a bait site placed by another person without that person's consent. ! other than the owner, tear down, remove, damage, deface or cover up any bait or sign. ! use salt or salt products for bait unless placed in a leak-proof container that is secured in such a way to prevent the contents from being spilled. ! use as bait: any noxious weed or noxious weed seed as described in The Weed Control Act, any exotic plant as described in The Forest Resources Management Regulations or any carcass or part of a domestic animal other than domestic animal trimmings received from a licensed butcher shop or abattoir. ! feed wild ungulates between January 1 and July 31. In the provincial forest, in provincial parks or recreation sites and on unoccupied Crown land, no person shall place bait including salt and salt products for hunting big game: ! without erecting at the site a sign of durable material of not less than 600 square centimetres (8 x 12 inches) on which is clearly marked the person's full name and address or clearly marking his/her full name and address on any container used for holding the bait. ! within 500 metres of any campground, dwelling or other place used by people. ! within 200 metres of any numbered highway, primary grid road or grid road. ! within 200 metres of any maintained forest access road, snowmobile trail or crosscountry ski trail prior to April 1. ! prior to August 1, except for hunting bear during the spring bear season on or after March 1.

How toof Notice make Hunter a barbless Inspections hook Conservation officers will be checking for compliance with hunting regulations in hunting areas throughout the province and at border crossings during hunting seasons. A hunting or trapping violation may result in a fine and/or the loss of hunting privileges.

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For the purpose of hunting bear, no person shall: ! use bait that is not placed in a container. ! use a container with a volume exceeding 210 litres (45 gallon drum). ! use a container unless it is constructed in such a way that prevents a bear from becoming trapped. ! use a container that can be removed from the bait site by a bear. For the purpose of hunting big game other than bear, no person shall: ! use bait, other than bales, that exceeds 40 litres in volume (9 gallons). ! in the case of bales, use more than two bales with a combined total weight exceeding 90 kilograms (198 pounds). A person who has placed bait for the purpose of hunting big game shall remove, at the end of the hunting season for which it was placed, any remaining bait, the container and the sign marking the bait. In provincial parks and recreation sites, no person shall place bait for hunting big game without the authorization of the park manager.

No person shall place bait on any Fish and Wildlife Development Fund land, National Wildlife Area or Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

VEHICLE CONTROLS
Roads and Trails Only A road means a prepared surface designed for vehicular traffic. A trail means a route regularly traveled by vehicles. ! During an open big game season in Zones 15 to 18 and 30 to 34, no person hunting big game is allowed to drive off roads or road allowances with trails without written permission from the landowner, except to retrieve legally killed big game animals using the most direct route. ! In Moose Mountain Provincial Park, the use of vehicles is restricted to park roads and designated trails. ! In Regina/Moose Jaw and Saskatoon wildlife management zones, no person hunting big game is allowed to drive off roads or road allowances with trails except to retrieve legally killed big game animals using the most direct route.

Sale of Wildlife For information on the sale of wildlife, wildlife parts or to obtain Sale of Wildlife Permits please contact the nearest Ministry of Environment office. 19

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Vehicles are restricted to designated roads within Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park. Vehicles may not leave the road for any purpose. In National Wildlife Areas, vehicles may not be driven off or beyond roads and designated trails. Vehicles may not leave the road for any purpose. Designated Trails in Cypress Hills Provincial Park (West Block) ! No person shall drive a vehicle off a designated trail or provincial highway except to retrieve legally killed big game animals using the most direct route. Firearms in vehicles driven off designated trails to retrieve game must be encased. ! No person shall park more than 10 metres from a designated trail or provincial highway. Trails are marked at the start and end with designated trail signs. All-terrain Vehicles (ATVs) All-terrain vehicle means any selfpropelled vehicle designed for offhighway travel including trailers, toboggans or other accessories.
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Note: highway vehicles such as a four wheel drive passenger vehicle, including a or ton truck, are not considered an ATV provided the vehicle has not been altered so that the lowest portion of the bumper extends no more than 75 centimetres (30 inches) off the road. ! ATVs may be used with landowner permission to retrieve legally killed big game animals by the most direct route provided no firearms are carried on the vehicle. ! In Zones 1 to 47, 51, 52, 54, Duck Mountain and Moose Mountain provincial parks, Regina/Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and BucklandPrince Albert wildlife management zones and Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit, no person shall carry a firearm, including a bow, on an ATV during an open big game season. Exception: Encased firearms may be carried on ATVs in Duck Mountain Provincial Park and Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit during the spring bear season only.

Mount and Retain Permits A permit may be issued to Saskatchewan Residents to mount and retain wildlife that is found dead. In order to possess found dead wildlife, individuals are required to contact the nearest ministry office within seven days and produce the animal for inspection and pay the required permit fee.

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In Zones 48 to 50 (not including Fort a la Corne WMU), 53, 55 to 76 and in the West Block of Cypress Hills Provincial Park, no person shall carry a firearm on an ATV during an open season for big game unless it is encased. ! In Zones 56 to 59 and 68, from September 15 to September 30, October 15 to October 31 and/or November 20 to November 30, ATVs may only be operated between noon and one hour before sunrise for purposes related to hunting. Exception: In zones 56 to 59 and 68, during these restricted dates, an ATV may be used at any time of the day to retrieve legally taken big game provided no firearms are on the ATV. ! In Greenwater Lake Provincial Park, a permit is required for all ATV use. This permit is available from the Park Administrative office. Exception: ATVs may be used to retrieve legally killed big game animals without a permit. ! ATVs may not be used in Saskatchewan Landing and Douglas provincial parks, or any National Wildlife Area or Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
!

No highway vehicles are allowed but ATVs, snowmobiles, horses and bicycles may be used, at your own risk. It is a violation to drive unauthorized vehicles where a road closure is in place, or to open, damage or interfere with a road closure. ! Breaking or cutting trees, or mowing/damaging other vegetation is not allowed.
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TRANSPORTING BIG GAME

Hunters transporting big game animals during an antlerless season are required to keep evidence of species and sex. During the regular moose or elk season, antlers must accompany a bull moose. ! Carcasses transported separately from hides must have either the tail or the lower hind leg from the hock joint down attached with the hide still in place. ! Carcasses must be properly tagged when delivered to a butcher for cooling, cutting and packaging. Provided hides are properly tagged and the species identification parts are attached to the carcass, the hides can be kept, sold to hide dealers or left at a Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation hide depot.
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FOREST ROAD CLOSURES

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Road closures using gates and/or earth berms, are put in place on forest roads to protect forest resources and the road itself from damage caused by highway vehicles; signs indicate which roads are closed. 21

SUMMARY OF REGULATIONS - continued

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Hunters may now share an unprocessed big game carcass with their hunting partners without requiring a permit. The successful hunter must provide documentation consisting of the hunter's name, signature, licence number, species of game and date of harvest. The individual possessing the unprocessed meat must have this information readily available to an enforcement officer. Legally tagged big game may be taken out of the province without an Export Permit as long as the licence holder travels with the game. Legally tagged raw big game hides may be exported if a big game hide seal is attached to the hide. Any wildlife or wildlife parts not accompanying the licensed hunter or wildlife not taken under authority of a hunting licence, including antlers, claws or skulls, require an Export Permit to be taken out of the province. Permits are available at all ministry offices. Packages for shipping wildlife within or outside the province

must be marked with the sender's name, address, hunting licence number and contents. ! No person, other than a Saskatchewan resident, shall import wildlife into Saskatchewan from another province or country, under the authority of a game licence, without first obtaining an Import Permit from a Ministry of Environment office. ! A Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Permit is required to export bears out of Canada. Hunters from the United States accompanying their properly tagged bears are exempt.

GAME BIRD TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS

All game birds must be packaged in a manner that will permit the number and species to be readily determined; no bulk packaging or bulk freezing. ! Your game bird licence is also a permit to export legal limits of game birds providing you accompany them in transit.
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Topographic Maps and Aerial Photographs These can be purchased from: Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan, Geomatics Distribution Centre, 1301 - 1st Avenue, Regina, SK, S4R 8H2, (306) 787-2799 or toll-free 1-866-420-6577. Website: www.isc.ca. Rural municipal maps are available at rural municipality offices. 22

If the legal limit of migratory birds you have taken accompanies you in a private vehicle, labelling is not required. No person shall transport or ship migratory birds belonging to another person into the United States. No person can possess or transport a migratory game bird unless at least one fully feathered wing remains attached to the bird. Crane hunters: A Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Permit is not required if you are a U.S. resident returning home at the conclusion of your hunt provided the cranes are part of your accompanying personal baggage and are in a fresh, frozen or salted condition. Your Saskatchewan game bird licence, Habitat Certificate and Federal Migratory Game Bird Permit must be presented at the border, as required. Packages containing upland game birds do not require labels if they accompany you in transit. If you ship them, upland game bird containers must be marked with your name and address, your Saskatchewan game bird licence number and a statement of the contents. When transporting pheasants, evidence of sex must accompany the bird. If the bird is plucked and dressed in the field, leave the head attached to the carcass. 23

SPECIAL LANDS PROVISIONS

Fish and Wildlife Development Fund lands are open to public hunting. Vehicle use is not permitted except to retrieve legally killed big game animals. ! Hunters are welcome in the Dundurn Range and Training Area; however, safety briefs are mandatory for all users of the area. Phone (306) 492-2212 for dates and timing when briefings will be given or if you have any questions regarding open areas and timings. ! There are six National Wildlife Areas open to hunting in the province: Last Mountain Lake; Stalwart; Webb; Prairie; Bradwell; and Tway. For information on these areas and restrictions applying to them, contact the Canadian Wildlife Service at (306) 975-4087. ! Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit and all provincial parks, regional parks and recreation sites are closed to hunting unless otherwise specified. Firearms must be encased unless you have a hunting licence valid in one of these areas.
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SUMMARY OF REGULATIONS - continued

All remaining wildlife management units are included in the wildlife management zone that surrounds them and are open for hunting during the times specified in regulation. Many of these areas are community pastures and are subject to the conditions outlined in the Community Pasture section in this guide. ! Road corridor game preserves prohibit all hunting within 400 metres of selected roads in the provincial forest. While traveling through road corridor game preserves, firearms must be encased and kept inside vehicles. Licensed hunters in road corridor game preserves may carry unloaded firearms from a vehicle to the edge of the game preserve by the most direct route and return in the same manner. ! Excluding any privately owned land, only residents of the following communities may hunt big game within a 16 kilometre (10 mile) radius of their community: Beauval; Black Lake; Buffalo Narrows; Camsell Portage; Cree Lake; Deschambault; Dillon; Fond du Lac; Ile--la-Crosse; Kinoosao; La Loche; La Ronge; Patuanak; Pelican Narrows; Pinehouse; Primeau Lake; Sandy Bay; Southend; Stanley Mission; Stony Rapids; Turnor Lake; and Wollaston.
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Indian reserves are closed to licensed hunting unless permission is granted by the Chief or Band Council.

COMMUNITY PASTURES
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC, formerly PFRA) and Saskatchewan Provincial Pastures (SPP): ! AAFC pastures are open to hunting as follows: Zones 1-47 Nov 1; Zone 54 - Nov 10; Zones 48-53, 55 and 68N - Nov 15. ! Portions of some pastures may remain closed beyond these dates if livestock are still at large or field operations are occurring. ! AAFC/SPP may open some pastures to hunting prior to these dates but hunters must contact the pasture manager to confirm this prior to entering the pasture. ! Vehicles are restricted to roads and trails; however, special access conditions are in place in select pastures. ! Contact the Pasture Manager for access and trail information. ! No fires are allowed. Visit www.agr.gc.ca/cpp for further information regarding hunting on AAFC Pastures.

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TRAPPING INFORMATION
It is a violation to: hold a fur licence unless that person has previously held a fur licence or successfully completed a recognized trapping course or examination and a firearm safety/hunter education course. ! take furbearing animals without a fur licence except beaver (in some rural municipalities), coyotes, rabbits, raccoons and skunks. These species may be hunted year round without a licence by Saskatchewan residents in Zones 1 to 55 (outside of the Fur Conservation Blocks). ! sell any furs without purchasing a fur licence. ! purchase furs unless you hold a Fur Dealers Licence. ! send or take fur out of the province without obtaining an export permit. ! tamper or interfere with legally placed traps unless authorized to do so. ! trap on any land without permission of the landowner or occupant. ! not check traps that are holding devices or snares within one day when set within five kilometres of urban limits, three days when set on other lands in the southern zones and five days when set on lands within the Fur Conservation Block.
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use a foot-hold trap on land for the restraint of any fur animal unless the trap has been set to kill the fur animal (i.e. quick-kill trap) or has been modified to improve humaneness. use foot-hold traps for beaver, muskrat, otter or mink unless the trap is set so the animal drowns when caught. use foot-hold traps with an inside jaw opening more than 24 centimetres (9.5 inches). use traps with serrated jaws or teeth to take furbearing animals. use neck snares without a special permit except to take beaver under the ice or to take squirrels and rabbits. use steel, spring-activated power neck snares without a permit. Mechanically activated foot snares, set to catch an animal by the leg, may be used for all furbearing animals. trap bears except with mechanically activated foot snares or a "culvert cage" live trap. use hooks or sharp devices to snag or spear furbearing animals. hold or apply for a fur licence while suspended.

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SUMMARY OF REGULATIONS - continued

GAME BIRD CLOSURE TIMES
The following areas are closed to hunting:
Cypress Lake and the islands thereon, 16 km north of Consul Tobin Lake and the islands thereon Witchekan Lake (north of Spiritwood) the islands in the North Saskatchewan River between the Paynton Ferry and the Alberta border

The following water areas are closed to game bird hunting in, on, or within 500 metres of the water's edge from June 1 to November 9 inclusive:
Antelope Lake, 12.8 km north of Gull Lake Avonlea Reservoir, 4.8 km southeast of Avonlea Barber Lake, 4.8 km north of Wiseton Bigstick Lake, 16 km east of Golden Prairie Birch Lake, 16 km northeast of Glaslyn Boulder Lake, 16 km southeast of Watrous Buffalo Coulee Lake, 12.8 km northwest of Coleville Cabri Lake, 16 km south of Mantario Cactus Lake, 19.3 km southeast of Macklin Castlewood Lake, 4.8 km north of Biggar Cutbank Lake, 4.8 km northeast of Glidden Deep Lake, 8 km south of Indian Head Dewar Lake, near the town of Dewar Lake Ear Lake, 9.6 km east of Reward Eyre Lake, 11.2 km west of Mantario Flat Lake, 4.8 km southeast of Wilkie Goose Lake, 11.3 km east of Harris Gooseberry Lake, 20.9 km northeast of Fillmore Grassy Lake, 11.3 km northeast of Luseland Highfield Reservoir, 28.9 km east of Swift Current Ibsen Lake, 6.4 km west of Yellow Grass Junction Dam, 3.2 km north of Maple Creek Kiyiu Lake, 9.6 km north of Netherhill Lac La Course, 9.6 km southeast of Pelly Leech Lake, 12.8 km south of Yorkton Lomond Lake, 4.8 km northeast of Preeceville Luck Lake, 6.4 km west of Birsay Mallard Bay, 12.9 km north of Mortlach Mud Lake, 16.1 km north of Wynyard Muddy Lake, 11.2 km south of Unity Opuntia Lake, 6.4 km east of Plenty Paysen (Horfield) Lake, 30.5 km north of Chaplin Saline Lake, 3.2 km southwest of Invermay Silver Lake, 11.3 km north of Sheho Snipe Lake, 11.2 km northwest of Eston Stonewall Lake, 3.2 km south of Invermay Teo Lake, 12.8 km west of Kindersley Thackeray Lake, 3.2 km east of Thackeray Thomson Lake, 4.8 km northwest of Lafleche Waterhen Marsh, 6.4 km south of Kinistino

that portion of the Waterhen River, 4.8 km west and 3.2 km east from the Highway 4 crossing (8 km north of Dorintosh, Zone 69) that portion of the South Saskatchewan River lying between Gardiner Dam and the north boundary of Township 30, Range 8, west of the Third Meridian that portion of the South Saskatchewan River and Lake Diefenbaker lying between the Alberta border and Saskatchewan Landing Bridge that portion of the North Saskatchewan River lying between the Paynton Ferry and the Borden Bridge

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2013 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ZONES (WMZs)

A larger WMZ map supplement is available if required.
Provincial Forest
104 West Longitude

Ministry Office Wildlife Management Units and Recreation Sites Game Preserves, Wildlife Refuges, Bird Sanctuaries No Hunting Areas (National Parks, Air Weapons Range)
Clearwater

REINDEER
Preston Lake Lloyd Lake

Cree

Lake

57 North Latitude

Clearwater
Rive r

Ri

ve

LAKE

ei

kie

Careen Lake

CLEARWATER RIVER

PROVINCIAL
River

PARK

Lake

Turnor

914

Lac

Road Corridor Game Preserves

La Loche

La Loche

Lake

La

ke

Road

Wasekamio

74

Southend
Frobisher Lake

Hwy. 155 RCGP

Shotgun-ArcheryMuzzleloader Areas North/South Game Bird District Dividing Line

Peter Pond

73
Churchill Lake

Key

Royal

56 North Latitude

Lake

Buffalo Narrows
Lake

CH

Steephill Lake

UR

CH

ILL
Sandfly Lake

Knee Lake

Black Bear Island Lake

McIntosh
Lake

RI

VE

914
La

R
RCH ILL
RI VE R

Lac

ke

Gatehouse Island Wildlife Refuge

Ile-a-la-Crosse

Pinehouse Lake
Otter Lake
use

CHU

Sandy Bay

Ile-a-la-Crosse

Pin

72

eho

104 West Longitude

Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range

Pr imrose Lak e Wildlife Refuge
Primrose Lake

106

LAC LA RONGE

71
Pelican Narrows

Canoe Lake

965

Beauval
Lac
La

PROVINCIAL PARK

La RongeLAC
LA RONGE

165

Plonge N. Bndry. Twp. 69 155

Swan Lake RCGP

Charbonneau RCGP
18th Base Line

Wapawekka Lake

Deschambault

Road

Ra

Rge. 6

Rge. 7

Bazill Wildlife Hwy. 903

River

Pe

Lake

Backes Island Wildlife Refuge

Refuge

Dore Lake

Creighton
106

nd all La

RC GP

ar La

RCGP

ke

Twp. 67 Twp. 66

ke GP RC

17th Base 69
MEADOW LAKE PROV. PARK

Line
Waterhen
Lake

155
Smoothstone Lake

Rock Lake RCGP

Tracey Lake RCGP

969

Wapawekka Lake RCGP

165
La ke

Hwy 167 RCGP

Amis k Lak e

Beaver

Mystic Lake RCGP

106
Ha ns on

nd

Roc

Lake

Be

ave

Elaine

Hi

WILDERNESS PARK Macdonnell Lak e RCGP

Twp. 61

gh

RCGP

wa

Goodsoil Green Lake

Riv er

RC

GP

Lake

y 91

Pierceland

Do

66
al Montre

re

LAKES PROV.

65
Lake

RC

ild

Mou

Listen

East Trout Lake CLARENCE-STEEPBANK

life

GP

ntain

70
Maraiche Lake RCGP Scheelhaase Island Wildlife Refuge

Is k

Ref

ug

la

Big Sandy Lake

Little Bear

106

106-Narrow Lake-120 RCGP

Lake
55

68N
Bronson Forest Recreation site West Bronson RCGP
MAKWA LAKE PROV. PARK

26

55
Makwa Loon Lake

Meadow Lake
Hwy. 55 RCGP

RCGP
969

Steepbank RD
Twp. 60

Twp. 60

White

913

NARROW
Twp. 59

Cowan Lake

Delaronde Lake

Snowfield Lake

64

Swan Lakes

WHITE SWAN REC. SITE

26

Chitek LakeCowan Lake

RCGP

PROVINCIAL

Hwy. 120
PARK

NATIONAL PARK
Fairy Island
Candle Lake

RCGP

Old

68S
St.Walburg

RI

Rge 16

67
Turtle Lake

RCGP

Big River

Bittern Lake RCGP

CANDLE LAKE

63

Rge 15

Revo Lake

PRINCE ALBERT

62
SK

Rge 8

Rge 9

VE

67

RCGP

Meeyomoot Lake RCGP

WhiteSwan Lakes Game Preserve

HILLS

PROV.
R

61
Cumberland House
Cha nne l

PARK

Harding Elk Closure Area RCGP Candle Lake Game Preserve Drumheller Wildlife Refuge

ATC

HE

WA

60
River

Leoville

Wildlife Refuge
120
Tobin Lake

SA

Paradise Hill
3 26

E.B. Campbell Game Preserve

Debden
3

St

ur

ge

Lloydminster

Spiritwood

53
3

on

Christopher Lake
River

Turtleford

47

Glaslyn

Berube Lake Game Preserve

Weirdale Meath Park

Smeaton

50

White Fox

Nipawin Carrot River

49
123

Ca

rro

Twp. 52

55

Twp. 51

Canwood

45

Shellbrook 240
3

51 PAWMZ
Prince Albert Birch Hills

Fort a la Corne

49
9 23

Maidstone

NO RT H

794 THE BATTLEFORDS PROV. PARK

Jackfish Lake

Rabbit Lake
Murray Lake Bird Sanctuary

43
Weldon

Arborfield

Marsden Game Preserve

40

378

54
Game

59
Tisdale
23

WILDCAT HILL PROV. PARK

58

Scent Grass Lake Game Preserve and Bird Sanctuary Sibley Wildlife Refuge
687
R

Cut Knife
Man itou Lake

Blaine Lake

RI VE

Neilburg

52
Rosthern

376

Blaine Lake

St. Louis
3

Melfort

Hudson Bay
Mistatim
Neely Lake Game Preserve

Hafford
40
Redberry Lake

Preserve

Ingvald Opseth

Krydor

Wildlife Refuge Tway National Wildlife Area Campbell Wildlife Refuge Basin Lake Wildlife Refuge
Basin Lake 6

49
Bjorkdale
776 679 23

Horsehide Lake

46
Macklin
14

North Battleford
21

Wakaw

49
9
Lit tle

312 12 41

St. Brieux

Porcupine PlainSanctuary
Shawaga Game Preserve
LAKE

and Bird

Woody Lake RCGP

Unity Wilkie
SA SK AT

44
Radisson Lake Game Preserve
CH EW AN

Basin and Middle Lake Bird Sanctuary

Lenore Lake

42
Lenore Lake Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

45
376 14

Radisson GREAT Langham

BEND

Redberry Lake Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

Alvena

20

GREENWATER

Naicam
349

Middle Lake

Archerwill
Round Lake

PROV. PARK
Sw an

57
Ro ad

777 777

Macklin Game Preserve

Lake Lenore
671

31

Luseland

Landis
658

30
Sutherland
14

Charron Lake Game Preserve

Round Lake Rec. Site

56
Endeavour

Tennant Lake RCGP

Humboldt

Kelvington Watson

48
Lintlaw
49

27
Heart's Hill Progress
658 21 51

Biggar
14

655

Perdue
655

Asquith Saskatoon Delisle

Bird Sanctuary

Mariposa

41
Colonsay Lanigan
16 6

Mud Lake Wildlife Refuge

Ruthilda
Opuntia Lake Bird Sanctuary

26
Antelope

Kerrobert

Dodsland

28

Saskatoon WMZ 30 ElstowAllan

Bradwell National Wildlife Area
764 211
Grid
Str ath con Ro ad a

40
Lakes

38

Wadena

Preeceville

48
49

Norquay
Pelly

Quill

Fishing Lake

PIKE LAKE PROV. PARK

Wynyard Watrous
Dafoe Game Preserve
16

Coleville
31

Wildlife Refuge

Invermay

Harris Herschel

21

Kindersley

25

Rosetown

29
Crystal Beach Lake Game Preserve
15

BLACKSTRAP PROV. PARK 11

310

Janusson Wildlife Refuge

39

Buchanan
Patterson Lake Game Preserve

Canora

DUCK MOUNTAIN PROV. PARK

Boundary separating North and South Game Bird Districts

Mount Hope

OutlookPreserve

Outlook Game

Foam Lake
GOOD SPIRIT LAKE PROV. PARK 9

Kamsack

Nokomis
Kenaston
15

Alsask
4

22
Davidson

Raymore
2

35

Horseshoe Lake Wildlife Refuge

Imperial

Eatonia
44

Dinsmore

Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary
6

DANIELSON PROV. PARK

Mantario

Eston
44

Elrose
Plato

Last

14
Newcombe No. 2
Sout h

24
Drackley Wildlife Refuge

Kelliher

Yorkton Ituna
52

Newcombe
S as ka t c h

No. 1
e
w

14
Grid

Elbow DOUGLAS
PROV. PARK

23

Stalwart National Wildlife Area

11 Mountain

21
Strasbourg

15

Craik
Elbow

Lake ROWAN'S RAVINE PROV. PARK

38
22

Upper Rousay Lake Game

15

37
Saltcoats Game

Preserve and Bird Sanctuary

Leader

13

Lucky Lake
42
R. 20

Holdfast
Qu

617

Melville

Preserve

11
Burstall
321 21

R. 21

R. 19

R. 20

Abbey

a
n

T. 22 T. 21

12
32

Kyle

Beechy
342

Riverhurst
Nisku Wildlife Refuge
42
Ri 'A pp ell e

Langenburg
35 10

Twp. 21 Twp. 20

River

14
SASK. LANDING PROV. PARK

Chamberlain
Grid
River
ve r

LAKE

DIEF

EN

BA

KE

ECHO VALLEY PROV. PARK

2 Buffalo Pound Lake

Qu'Appe lle

Ft. Qu'Appelle
Fishing Lakes

Central Butte
644

Craven
11

Esterhazy
KATEPWA POINT PROV. PARK 22 22 22
e

Lumsden
Hidden Valley Wildlife Refuge
35

10
Fox Valley Hazlet

Cabri

Qu'Appelle

Skinner's

13
332

Morse

Chaplin

Mortlach

8
21

Grid

Moose Jaw

Regina - Moose Jaw WMZ (20)

BUFFALO POUND PROV. PARK 1

36
Qu

'A

pp

ell

CROOKED LAKE PROV. PARK

Boggy Creek Game Preserve Indian Head Bird Sanctuary

Grenfell
1 47

Ri

ve

Whitewood

35
1

Swift Current

Stevenson Wildlife Refuge

McLaren Lake Game Preserve

9
Gull Lake
1 1

Wascana Game

Regina
Kendal Game
33

Old Wives Lake Webb National Wildlife Area

19

19

Preserve and Bird

2 339

Sanctuary

Preserve

Bird Sanctuary
363

Briercrest
716 Lake

Hodgeville Piapot
1

Coderre
Old Wives 627

Francis

17
33

Glenavon Montmartre

Moosomin

Kipling
48

34
Borrow Wildlife

Maple Creek
37

Duncairn Reservoir Bird Sanctuary

5
Grid

Isle of Bays Wildlife Refuge

Mossbank Gravelbourg
718 2

Avonlea

18
Osage Wildlife Refuge

WawotaRefuge
Fillmore

43

Vanguard

CYPRESS HILLS PROV. PARK

Ri

7
21
Cy pr ess Lake
Twp. 6 Twp. 5

628

Ponteix
Kincaid

35

47

33
Stoughton

MOOSE MOUNTAIN PROV. PARK 603

Shaunavon
13

13

4
ve r

Lafleche Assiniboia
358 13 36

Brokenshell No. 1

Weyburn Ogema
13

Carlyle
13

Eastend

Manor

Redvers
13

Grid

Brokenshell

Wo od

615

Grid

Fren
13

13

Radville Bengough
Ceylon

No. 2

chma

Willow Bunch Game Preserve

18

Willow Bunch

Midale

16

Lampman
9

Consul
Grid

He

glun W

nd Isla Re fu

Val Marie Bird Sanctuary

18

2
Val Marie

Mankota
Wood Mountain

32
Oxbow Carnduff
18

Wood Mountain
18

Lomond No. 3
SO

ge

ild

life

Climax

GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK

Frenchman River Wildlife Refuge

Game Preserve

Wood Mountain

Rockglen

UR

IS

Coronach
Riv er

Estevan-

Minton

37

15

Estevan

Gainsborough

Cambria

18
RIVE R

Torquay
47

31

15 Minutes

10 Minutes

5 Minutes

106

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

20 Minutes

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Draw Moose - Saskatchewan Residents Only Draw Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 1, 2, 4 and 5 Combined Zones 6 and that portion of Zone 7 located east of Highway No. 271 and Grid Road No. 615 (Designate Zone 6) Zones 10, 12 to 19, 21, 22, 24 to 32, 34 to 36, 38 to 42, 44 to 49, 51 to 54, 56 to 67, 68S and Narrow Hills, Wildcat Hill and Clarence-Steepbank Lakes provincial parks, Round Lake and Bronson Forest recreation sites Zone 23 including that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm) (Designate Zone 23) Zone 33 including Moose Mountain Provincial Park (Designate Zone 33) Combined Zones 43, 50 and Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit (Designate Zone FLC) Zone 37 (that portion west of Highway No. 8 and south of Highway No. 5) (Designate Zone 37) Duck Mountain Provincial Park and that portion of Zone 37 east of Highway No. 8 and north of Highway No. 5 (Designate Zone DM) Greenwater Lake Provincial Park (Designate Zone GP) Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zone (Designate Zone SMZ) Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone) Season Dates Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 1 - Oct. 14 and Nov. 1 - Nov. 14 Bag Limit one moose, either-sex Additional Information (Quotas Subject to Change) Tentative 2013 licence quotas for either-sex moose: 1(20), 2(25), 4(10), 5(10), 6(75), 10(15), 12(10), 13(20), 14(25), 15(20), 16(25), 17(40), 18(20), 19(35), 20(60), 21(35), 22(15), 23(50), 24(50), 25(35), 26(35), 27(35), 28(35), 29(35), 30(30), 31(10), 32(15), 33(125), 34(120), 35(20), 36(15), 37(35), 38(25), 39(50), 40(35), 41(35), 42(150), 44(30), 45(100), 46(90), 47(50), 48(250), 49(250), 51(10), 52(25), 53(75), 54(75), 56(250), 57(100), 58(25), 59(200), 60(75), 61(75), 62(50), 63(50), 64(50), 65(50), 66(50), 67(100), 68S(50), DM(40), GP(25), FLC(200), SMZ(20), PMZ(10). Moose requires only one draw application. When applying for moose, select antlerless and eithersex moose by using appropriate zones. No rifle hunting in Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zone and Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone). Archery and crossbow hunting only in Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone.

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Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone (Designate PMZ)

Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Shotgun Oct. 1 - Oct. 14 and Nov. 1 - Nov. 14 Archery and Crossbow Oct. 1 - Oct. 14 and Nov. 1 - Nov. 14

one moose, either-sex

one moose, either-sex

Zone 1 (Designate Zone 1A) | Zone 2 (Designate 2A) Zone 4 (Designate Zone 4A) | Zone 5 (Designate 5A) Combined Zones 6 and that portion of Zone 7 located east of Highway No. 271 and Grid Road No. 615 (Designate Zone 6A) Combined Zones 8 and 11 (Designate 8A) Zone 10 (Designate Zone 10A) | Zone 13 (Designate Zone 13A) Zone 14 (Designate Zone 14A) | Zone 15 (Designate Zone 15A) Zone 16 (Designate Zone 16A) | Zone 17 (Designate Zone 17A) Zone 18 (Designate Zone 18A) | Zone 19 (Designate Zone 19A) Zone 21 (Designate Zone 21A) | Zone 22 (Designate Zone 22A) Zone 23 including that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm) (Designate Zone 23A) Zone 24 (Designate Zone 24A) | Zone 25 (Designate Zone 25A) Zone 26 (Designate Zone 26A) | Zone 27 (Designate Zone 27A) Zone 28 (Designate Zone 28A) | Zone 29 (Designate Zone 29A) Zone 30 (Designate Zone 30A) | Zone 31 (Designate Zone 31A) Zone 32 (Designate Zone 32A) Zone 33 including Moose Mountain Provincial Park (Designate Zone 33A) Zone 34 (Designate Zone 34A) | Zone 35 (Designate Zone 35A) Zone 36 (Designate Zone 36A) Zone 37 (that portion west of Highway No. 8 and south of Highway No. 5) (Designate Zone 37A) Zone 38 (Designate Zone 38A) | Zone 39 (Designate Zone 39A) Zone 40 (Designate Zone 40A) | Zone 41 (Designate Zone 41A) Zone 42 (Designate Zone 42A) | Zone 44 (Designate Zone 44A) Zone 45 (Designate Zone 45A) | Zone 46 (Designate Zone 46A) Zone 47 (Designate Zone 47A) Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zone (Designate Zone SMA) Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone) (Designate Zone 20A)

Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 15 - Nov. 14

one antlerless moose

Tentative 2013 licence quotas for antlerless moose: 1A(30), 2A(15), 4A(25), 5A(10), 6A(30), 8A(10), 10A(10), 13A(20), 14A(20), 15A(10), 16A(15), 17A(50), 18A(40), 19A(40), 20A(50), 21A(35), 22A(35), 23A(35), 24A(35), 25A(25), 26A(25), 27A(25), 28A(25), 29A(40), 30A(40), 31A(15), 32A(30), 33A(300), 34A(220), 35A(50), 36A(35), 37A(75), 38A(25), 39A(90), 40A(75), 41A(35), 42A(200), 44A(40), 45A(180), 46A(50), 47A(80), SMA(30). Antlerless moose is a cow or a 2013 calf. Zone selection with an A are for antlerless moose licences, example 36A.

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Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Shotgun Oct. 15 - Nov. 14

one antlerless moose

Draw Elk - Saskatchewan Residents Only Draw Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zone 5 Zone 6 and that portion of Zone 7 located east of Highway No. 271 and Grid Road No. 615 (Designate Zone 6) Combined zones 9 and 10 (Designate Zone 9) Combined zones 14 and 24 (Designate Zone 14) Zone 33 including Moose Mountain Provincial Park (Designate Zone 33) Zone 37 including Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Designate Zone 37) Zones 39, 42, 43, 47 and 54 Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit (Designate Zone FLC) Greenwater Lake Provincial Park (Designate Zone GP) Combined Zones 1 and 2 (Designate Zone 1A) Zone 5 (Designate Zone 5A) Zone 6 and that portion of Zone 7 located east of Highway No. 271 and Grid Road No. 615 (Designate Zone 6A) Combined Zones 9 and 10 (Designate Zone 9A) Combined Zones 13, 19 and 23 including Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park and that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm) (Designate Zone 13A) Zone 21 (Designate 21A) Combined Zones 22, 29 and 30 (Designate Zone 22A) Combined Zones 28 and 45E (east of Grid Road No. 674 and south of highway No. 40 between Wilbert and Cutknife (Designate Zone 28A) Combined Zones 31 and 32 (Designate Zone 31A) Zone 34 (Designate Zone 34A) | Zone 35 (Designate Zone 35A) Zone 37 including Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Designate Zone 37A) Zone 39 (Designate Zone 39A) | Zone 41 (Designate Zone 41A) Zone 42 (Designate Zone 42A) | Zone 43 (Designate Zone 43A) Zone 46 (Designate Zone 46A) Combined Zones 47, 67 and 68 South (Designate Zone 47A) Combined Zones 40, 48, 56 and 57 including Round Lake Recreation Season Dates Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Sept. 1 - Sept. 30 Bag Limit one elk, either-sex Additional Information (Quotas Subject to Change) Tentative 2013 licence quotas for either-sex elk: 5(10), 6(50), 9(10), 14(10), 33(200), 37(40), 39(25), 42(50), 43(50), 47(50), 54(100), GP(50), FLC(75). Tentative 2013 licence quotas for antlerless elk: 1A(50), 5A(25), 6A(150), 7A(75), 9A(10), 13A(25), 21A(20), 22A(25), 28A(75), 31A(20), 33A(200/200), 34A(175), 35A(25), 37A(60), 39A(100), 41A(25), 42A (50), 43A(50), 46A(40), 47A(50), 48A(220), 49A(220), 50A(50), 52A(40), 54A(210), 55A(75), GPA(25). Elk requires only one draw application. When applying for elk, select antlerless and either-sex elk by using appropriate zones. In Zones 43 and 50, the elk seasons do not include Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit. In provincial parks, elk hunting is prohibited until September 10. Antlerless elk is a cow or a 2013 calf. The head of an antlerless elk must accompany the carcass. Zone selections with an A are for antlerless elk licences, example 6A.

Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 and Dec. 8 - Dec. 19

one antlerless elk

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Site (Designate Zone 48A) Combined Zones 49, 58 and 59 including Wildcat Hill Provincial Park (Designate Zone 49A) Zone 50 (Designate Zone 50A) | Zone 52 (Designate Zone 52A) Zone 54 (Designate Zone 54A) | Zone 55 (Designate Zone 55A) Greenwater Lake Provincial Park (Designate Zone GPA) Zone 7 (that portion located west of Highway No. 271 and Grid Road No. 615 including Cypress Hills (West Block) Provincial Park (Designate Zone 7A)

Zone 33A applicants cannot choose which season split they apply for this split will be randomly assigned.

Zone 33 including Moose Mountain Provincial Park (Designate Zone 33A)

Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 20 - Oct. 31 and Dec. 8 - Dec. 19 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle 1st split Oct. 15 - Nov. 9 Jan. 5 - Jan. 24 2nd split Nov. 20 - Dec. 14 Feb. 1 - Feb. 24

one antlerless elk

one antlerless elk

Draw Seasons

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Wildlife Management Zones Open There will be no quotas for the 2013 pronghorn season. Applications will not be accepted this year as it is anticipated that most hunters will attain the top priority pool status before pronghorn numbers return to a harvestable level.

Draw Pronghorn Antelope- Saskatchewan Residents Only

Season Dates Bag Limit Additional Information (Quotas Subject to Change)

Draw Antlerless Mule Deer- Saskatchewan Residents Only Draw Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 1, 2W (west of Highway No. 4), 2E (east of Highway No. 4), 3 to 28, 29W (west of South Saskatchewan River), 29E (east of South Saskatchewan River) 30, 36, 40 to 44, 45W (west of grid road No. 674 and north of highway No. 40), 45E (east of grid road No. 674 and south of highway No. 40 between Wilbert and Cutknife), 46, 47, 49 and 54, Cypress Hills (West Block) and Saskatchewan Landing provincial parks and that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm) Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zone (Designate Zone SMZ) Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone) Season Dates Archery Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Muzzleloader/ Crossbow Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle Nov. 10 - Dec. 7 Bag Limit two antlerless mule deer per licence Additional Information (Quotas Subject to Change) Tentative 2013 licence quotas for antlerless mule deer: 1(175), 2W(50), 2E(75), 3(25), 4(50), 5(100), 6(50), 7(25), 8(25), 9(150), 10(150), 11(50), 12(25), 13(75), 14(50), 15(50), 16(25), 17(25), 18(25), 19(50), 20(50), 21(25), 22(25), 23(25), 24(75), 25(75), 26(40), 27(60), 28(75), 29W(50), 29E(50), 30(75), 36(25), 40(50), 41(50), 42(25), 43(25), 44(150), 45W(175), 45E(175), 46(200), 47(300), 49(50), 54(75), SMZ(100). Antlerless mule deer is a doe or a 2013 fawn. All antlerless mule deer licences have a bag limit of two antlerless mule deer per licence. Hunters holding both a draw eithersex and a draw antlerless mule deer licence may hunt antlerless mule deer during the either-sex season dates but only in the zone in which their antlerless licence is valid. In provincial parks, antlerless mule deer hunting is prohibited until September 10.

Archery and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Muzzleloader Oct. 1 - Dec. 7 Shotgun Nov. 1 - Dec. 7

two antlerless mule deer per licence

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No rifle hunting in Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zone and Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone).

Draw Mule Deer - Saskatchewan Residents Only Draw Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 1, 2W (west of Highway No. 4), 2E (east of Highway No. 4), 3 to 19, 21 to 28, 29W (west of South Saskatchewan River), 29E (east of South Saskatchewan River), 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38 to 44, 45W (west of grid road No. 674 and north of Highway No. 40), 45E (east of grid road No. 674 and south of Highway No. 40 between Wilbert and Cutknife), 46, 47, 49, 50 and 52 to 55, Cypress Hills (West Block) and Saskatchewan Landing provincial parks and that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm) Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zone (Designate Zone SMZ) Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone) Season Dates Archery Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Muzzleloader/ Crossbow Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle Nov. 1 - Nov. 14 Bag Limit one mule deer, either-sex Additional Information (Quotas Subject to Change) Tentative 2013 licence quotas for either-sex mule deer: 1(250), 2W(100), 2E(150), 3(50), 4(75), 5(100), 6(100), 7(25), 8(25), 9(75), 10(200), 11(25), 12(25), 13(100), 14(75), 15(50), 16(25), 17(25), 18(50), 19(100), 20(75), 21(75), 22(75), 23(75), 24(200), 25(75), 26(100), 27(75), 28(75), 29W(75), 29E(75), 30(75), 31(25), 33(25), 34(25), 36(25), 38(20), 39(20), 40(50), 41(75), 42(75), 43(25), 44(125), 45W(150), 45E(150), 46(250), 47(300), 49(25), 50(25), 52(50), 53(25), 54(125), 55(50), SMZ(100). Hunters who hold a draw either-sex mule deer licence cannot hold an archery mule deer licence. In provincial parks, mule deer hunting is prohibited until September 10. No rifle hunting in Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zone and Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone).

Archery and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Muzzleloader Oct. 1 - Dec. 7 Shotgun Nov. 1 - Dec. 7

one mule deer, either-sex

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Note Big Game Draw licences will not be mailed to successful applicants, licences will be available through the automated licensing system either from a private issuer, ministry/select provincial park office or online through your personal computer.

White-tailed Deer - Canadian Residents Only Draw Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 1 to 6, 7 including Cypress Hills (West Block) Provincial Park, 8 to 19, 21 including Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area, 22, 23 including that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm), 24 to 32, 33 including Moose Mountain Provincial Park, 34 to 36, 37 including Duck Mountain Provincial Park, 38 to 47, 51 and 52 Saskatoon Wildlife Management Zones (Designate Zone SMZ) Zone 20 (Regina/Moose Jaw Wildlife Management Zone) Season Dates Rifle Nov. 25 - Dec. 2 Bag Limit one whitetailed deer, either-sex Additional Information Tentative 2013 licence quotas for Canadian resident whitetailed deer (draw closed July 2, 2013): 1(60), 2(115), 3(5), 4(50), 5(65), 6(80), 7(30), 8(15),9(90), 10(40), 11(20), 12(15), 13(45), 14(55), 15(30), 16(15), 17(35), 18(30), 19(45), 20(10), 21(65), 22(35), 23(35), 24(30), 25(20), 26(10), 27(10), 28(25), 29(60), 30(60), 31 (25), 32(20), 33(45), 34(50), 35(45), 36(40),37(110), 38(30), 39(80), 40(25), 41(65), 42 (95), 43(55), 44(35), 45 (125), 46(45), 47(220), 48(105), 49(110),50(105), 51(15), 52(55), 53(160), 54(220), 55 (150), 56(100), 57(55), 58(5), 59(65), 60(10), 61(5), 62(15), 63(25), 64(10), 65(5), 66(90), 67(195), 68S(30), 68N(25), 69(100), 73(10), SMZ(25), PMZ(5). Rifle hunting is not permitted in Regina/Moose Jaw and Saskatoon wildlife management zones. Shotguns may not be used during the muzzleloader season.

Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone (Designate PMZ)

Zones 48, 49, 50 including Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit, 53 to 55 Note: Hunting in Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 only.

Zones 56 including Greenwater Lake Provincial Park and Round Lake recreation site, 57, 58, 59 including Wildcat Hill Provincial Park, 60 to 62, 63 including Narrow Hills Provincial Park, 64, 65 including Clarence Steepbank Lake Provincial Park, 66, 67, 68 South including Bronson Forest Recreation Site, 68 North, 69 including Meadow Lake Provincial Park

Archery and Crossbows Sept. 1 - Dec. 2 Muzzleloader Oct. 1 - Dec. 2 Shotgun Nov. 25 - Dec. 2 Archery and Crossbows Sept. 1 - Dec. 2 Archery Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Muzzleloader and Crossbow Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle Nov. 25 - Dec. 2 Archery, Muzzleloader and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle Nov. 1 - Dec. 2

one whitetailed deer, either-sex

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one whitetailed deer, either-sex one whitetailed deer, either-sex

one whitetailed deer, either-sex

Zone 73 including that portion of Clearwater River Provincial Park located south of 57 degrees north latitude

Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Sept. 1 - Dec. 2

one whitetailed deer, either-sex

Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit is closed to Canadian residents until November 25. In provincial parks and recreation sites, white-tailed deer hunting is prohibited until September 10.

It is Unlawful to:
! Hunt a game animal without possessing a

Licence Issuers A list of licence issuers by community can be found on the ministrys website at www.environment.gov.sk.ca/licences

valid Saskatchewan hunting licence for that species

! Use another persons licence to hunt ! Obtain a licence using false information

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Archery Mule Deer - Saskatchewan Residents Only Regular Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 1, 2, 4 to 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21 to 30, 40 to 42, 44 to 47, 54 and Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park and that portion of Douglas Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm) Regina/Moose Jaw and Saskatoon wildlife management zones Season Dates Archery Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Archery and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Bag Limit one mule deer, either-sex one mule deer, either-sex Additional Information In provincial parks, archery mule deer hunting is prohibited until September 10. Hunters who hold an archery mule deer licence cannot hold a draw either-sex mule deer licence or an earn-a-buck mule deer licence.

Barren Ground Caribou- Saskatchewan Residents of Zone 76 (Only)

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zone 76 Season Dates Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 15, 2013 April 14, 2014 Bag Limit one barrenground caribou, eithersex, per licence Additional Information Resident of Zone 76 means a Saskatchewan resident who has lived in Zone 76 for three months immediately preceding the date of licence purchase. Saskatchewan First and Second Barren-ground Caribou Licences are available from Ministry of Environment offices in Zone 76.

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Elk - Saskatchewan Residents Only Regular Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 48, 49, 50, 53, 55 to 67, 68S and 69, Narrow Hills, Meadow Lake, Wildcat Hill and Clarence-Steepbank Lakes provincial parks, Bronson Forest Recreation Site, Round Lake Recreation Site, that portion of Zone 42 located east of Highway No. 35 and that portion of Zone 47 located north of Highway No. 3 and north of Highway No. 26 Zones 48, 49, 56 to 59, Wildcat Hill Provincial Park, Round Lake Recreation Site and that portion of Zone 42 located east of Highway No. 35 Season Dates Archery Aug. 20 - Sept. 4 and Oct. 1 - Oct. 4 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Sept. 15 - Sept. 30 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Sept. 15 - Sept. 30 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Nov. 15 - Nov. 30 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 15 - Nov. 9 Nov. 20 - Dec. 14 Jan. 5 - Jan. 24 Feb. 1 - Feb. 24 Bag Limit one elk, either-sex Additional Information Bull elk is a male elk having an antler at least 15 centimetres in length as measured on the outside curve of the antler from the skull to the tip. The antlers of bull elk must accompany the carcass in the bull elk season. In provincial parks and recreation sites, elk hunting is prohibited until September 10. No regular elk hunting in Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit.

one elk, either-sex

Zone 50, 53, 55, 60 to 67, 68S and 69, Narrow Hills, Meadow Lake and Clarence Steepbank Lakes provincial parks and that portion of Zone 47 located north of Highway No. 3 and north of Highway No. 26

one bull elk

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Zone 53 (that portion located east of Highway No. 55)

one elk, either-sex

Moose Mountain Provincial Park only

one antlerless elk

Season open within the boundaries of Moose Mountain Provincial Park only. Excluding Zone 33 outside of the park boundary.

Moose - Saskatchewan Residents Only Regular Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 55 to 59, 63 to 67, 68S, 68N and 69, Narrow Hills, Meadow Lake, Wildcat Hill and Clarence-Steepbank Lakes provincial parks, Bronson Forest and Round Lake recreation sites Season Dates Archery Sept. 15 - Sept. 30 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 and Nov. 20 Nov. 30 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Sept. 1 - Nov. 30 Bag Limit one bull moose Additional Information Bull moose is a male moose that is at least one year old. The antlers of bull moose must accompany the carcass. In provincial parks and recreation sites, moose hunting is prohibited until September 10.

Zones 70 to 76, Lac La Ronge, Athabasca Sand Dunes and Clearwater River provincial parks

one bull moose

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White-tailed Deer - Saskatchewan Residents Only Regular Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 1 to 19, 21 to 41 and 44 to 47, Cypress Hills (West Block), Saskatchewan Landing, Duck Mountain and Moose Mountain provincial parks and that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm) Season Dates Archery Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Muzzleloader/ Crossbow Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle - Nov. 15 - Dec. 7 Archery and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Muzzleloader Oct. 1 - Dec. 7 Shotgun - Nov. 1 Dec. 7 Archery and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Archery Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Muzzleloader/ Crossbow Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle - Nov. 1 - Dec. 7 Archery and Muzzleloader Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle - Oct. 1 - Dec. 7 Archery, Muzzleloader and Rifle Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Bag Limit one whitetailed deer, either-sex Additional Information In provincial parks and recreation sites, white-tailed deer hunting is prohibited until September 10. No rifle hunting in Saskatoon WMZ and Zone 20 (Regina/ Moose Jaw WMZ). Archery and Crossbow hunting only in Buckland-Prince Albert WMZ.

Regina/Moose Jaw, Saskatoon wildlife management zones

one whitetailed deer, either-sex

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Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone Zones 42, 43, 48 to 55 and Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit Zones 56 to 69, Greenwater Lake, Meadow Lake, Narrow Hills, Wildcat Hill and Clarence-Steepbank Lakes provincial parks and Round Lake and Bronson Forest recreation sites Zones 70 to 73, Lac La Ronge Provincial Park and that portion of Clearwater River Provincial Park located south of 57 degrees north latitude

one whitetailed deer, either-sex one white-tailed deer, eithersex

one whitetailed deer, either-sex one whitetailed deer, either-sex

Antlerless White-tailed Deer - Saskatchewan Residents Only Regular Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 47 Season Dates Archery - Sept. 1 Oct. 31 Muzzleloader Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle - Nov. 15 - Dec. 7 Archery - Sept. 1 Oct. 31 Muzzleloader Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle - Nov. 1 - Dec. 7 Archery and Crossbow Sept. 1 Dec. 7 Muzzleloader Oct. 1 - Dec. 7 Shotgun - Nov. 1 Dec. 7 Archery and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Bag Limit one antlerless white-tailed deer Additional Information Antlerless white-tailed deer is a doe or 2013 fawn. The head of an antlerless white-tailed deer must accompany the hide and carcass. In provincial parks, antlerless white-tailed deer hunting is prohibited until September 10. No rifle hunting in Saskatoon WMZ and Zone 20 (Regina/ Moose Jaw WMZ). Archery and Crossbow hunting only in Buckland-Prince Albert WMZ.

Zones 54 and 55

one antlerless white-tailed deer

Regina/Moose Jaw and Saskatoon wildlife management zones

one antlerless white-tailed deer

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Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone

one antlerless white-tailed deer

Black Bear - All Hunters Regular and Guided Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 30, 34 to 40 and 42 to 76 Season Dates Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow, Shotgun and Rifle Apr. 15 - June 30 and Aug. 25 - Oct. 14 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow, Shotgun and Rifle Apr. 15 - May 31 and Sept. 10 Oct. 14 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow, Shotgun and Rifle Apr. 15 - June 30 and Sept. 10 - Oct. 14 Archery and Crossbow Apr. 15 - May 31 Sept. 10 - Oct. 14 Bag Limit one black bear, either-sex Additional Information All holders of a guided licence must use the services of a licensed outfitter while hunting . bears No colour dress requirements for archery, muzzleloader and shotgun hunters. No hunting of female bears with young of the year cubs at heel.

Duck Mountain, Greenwater Lake, Lac La Ronge, Clarence-Steepbank Lakes, Narrow Hills and Meadow Lake provincial parks, Bronson Forest and Round Lake recreation sites

one black bear, either-sex

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Wildcat Hill, Clearwater River and Athabasca Sand Dunes provincial parks and Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit

one black bear, either-sex

Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone

one black bear, either-sex

Archery and Crossbow hunting only in Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone

Guided Moose - All Hunters Guided Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 60 to 62 Season Dates Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 1 - Oct. 14 and Nov. 1 - Nov. 14 Archery Sept. 15 - Sept. 30 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 and Nov. 20 - Nov. 30 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Sept. 1 - Nov. 30 Bag Limit one bull moose Additional Information Bull moose is a male moose that is at least one year old. In provincial parks and recreation sites, moose hunting is prohibited until September 10. All guided moose hunters must use the services of a licensed outfitter. The antlers of bull moose must accompany the carcass.

Zone 69

one bull moose

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Zones 70 to 76, Lac La Ronge, Athabasca Sand Dunes and Clearwater River provincial parks

one bull moose

White-tailed Deer - Canadian and Non-Residents Only Guided Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Zones 56 to 66 and 69, Greenwater Lake, Meadow Lake, Narrow Hills, Wildcat Hill and Clarence-Steepbank Lakes provincial parks and Round Lake Recreation Site Season Dates Archery, Muzzleloader and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle Oct. 1 - Dec. 7 Archery, Muzzleloader and Crossbow Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 Rifle Nov. 1 - Dec. 7 Archery, Muzzleloader, Crossbow and Rifle Sept. 1 - Dec. 7 Bag Limit one whitetailed deer, either-sex Additional Information In provincial parks and recreation sites, white-tailed deer hunting is prohibited until September 10. All holders of a guided licence must use the services of a licensed outfitter while hunting white-tailed deer. For a list of outfitters offering guided hunts, contact the Saskatchewan Outfitters Association, Box 572 Station MN Saskatoon, SK S7K 3L6 phone: (306) 668-1388 fax: (306) 668-1353 Non-resident white-tailed deer archery, muzzleloader, crossbow and rifle seasons are in place in portions of some forest fringe zones. For additional information contact a Ministry of Environment office.

Zones 67, 68S and 68N and Bronson Forest Recreation Site

one whitetailed deer, either-sex

Zones 70 to 73, Lac La Ronge Provincial Park and that portion of Clearwater River Provincial Park located south of 57 degrees north latitude

one whitetailed deer, either-sex

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Game Birds - Regular Seasons

Wildlife Management Zones Open Dates
Oct. 1 - Dec. 31

Bag Limit
Daily: 2 (cocks only) Possession: 4 Saskatchewan Residents: Daily: 2 / Possession: 4 Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada: Daily: 2 / Season Limit: 4 Use of Harvest Ledger required Saskatchewan Residents Daily: 8 / Possession: 16 Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada Daily: 8 / Season Limit: 16 Use of Harvest Ledger required All Hunters Ruffed Grouse: Daily: 10 / Possession: 20 Spruce Grouse (North Game Bird District only): Daily: 10 / Possession: 20 Daily: 10 / Possession: 20

Ring-necked Pheasants Saskatchewan Residents Only

South Game Bird District

Sharp-tailed Grouse All Hunters

Saskatchewan Residents, Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada North Game Bird District South Game Bird District Sept. 15 - Dec. 7 Sept. 15 - Nov. 14

Hungarian Partridge All Hunters

Saskatchewan Residents North and South Game Bird District Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada North Game Bird District South Game Bird District

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Sept. 15 - Dec. 31 Sept. 15 - Dec. 7 Sept. 15 - Nov. 14

Ruffed Grouse and Spruce Grouse All Hunters

Saskatchewan Residents North and South Game Bird District Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada North Game Bird District South Game Bird District Sept. 15 - Dec. 31 Sept. 15 - Dec. 7 Sept. 15 - Nov. 14

Ptarmigan All Hunters

Saskatchewan Residents, Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada North Game Bird District Nov. 1 - Mar. 31

Note: Canadian and Non-resident game bird hunters upon taking a sharp-tailed grouse or Hungarian partridge must immediately record in ink the year, month and day of the kill on their harvest ledger.

Migratory Game Birds - Regular Seasons

Geese and Sandhill Cranes All Hunters
Saskatchewan Residents and Canadian Residents North Game Bird District All geese and Sandhill Cranes South Game Bird District Canada geese, white geese and sandhill cranes White-fronted geese Non-residents of Canada South Game Bird District White geese and sandhill cranes Dark geese North Game Bird District All geese and Sandhill Cranes

Dates
Sept. 1 - Dec. 16 Sept. 1 - Dec. 16 Sept. 1 - Dec. 16

Bag Limit
Sandhill Cranes: Daily: 5 / Possession: 15 Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area is closed to all sandhill crane hunting) White geese includes white and blue phase snow geese and Ross' geese: Daily: 20 / Possession: 60 Dark geese includes Canada, cackling and white-fronted geese Saskatchewan and Canadian Residents: 8 daily, of which only 5 may be white-fronted geese. Possession: three times daily limit Non-residents: 8 daily, of which only 4 may be white-fronted geese. Possession: three times daily limit

Sept. 1 - Dec. 16 Sept. 10 - Dec. 16 Sept. 1 - Dec. 16

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Ducks, Coots, Snipe All Hunters

Saskatchewan Residents, Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada North and South Game Bird District Sept. 1 - Dec. 16 Ducks: Daily (of which only four may be pintails): 8 Possession: three times daily limit Coots and Snipe: 10 each daily Possession: three times daily limit Snow geese includes both white and blue phase: Daily: 20 / Possession: 60 No hunting of Ross' geese

2014 Spring Snow Goose All Hunters

Saskatchewan Residents, Canadian Residents and Non-residents of Canada North and South Game Bird Districts Hunters are required to have a 2013 Federal Migratory Game Bird Permit and stamp in their possession while hunting snow geese. Provincial Game Bird Licence or Habitat Certificates are not required. Snow geese may be hunted all day during the spring season. Apr. 1 - Apr. 30 (West of 106 degrees long.) Apr. 1 - May 31 (East of 106 degrees long.)

Note: electronic calls using snow goose vocalization may be used to hunt snow geese with no restrictions on the type or colour of the decoys used.

Game Bird Information

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DEFINITIONS
North Game Bird District includes Zones 43, 47 to 76, Fort a la Corne Wildlife Management Unit, Clearwater River, Clarence-Steepbank Lakes, Athabasca Sand Dunes, Greenwater Lake, Lac La Ronge, Meadow Lake, Narrow Hills and Wildcat Hill provincial parks, Bronson Forest and Round Lake recreation sites. Buckland-Prince Albert Wildlife Management Zone is closed to all bird hunting.

Whooping Cranes

Whooping Cranes are protected. If you observe a Whooping Crane, please call the Whooping Crane Hotline at (306) 975-5595 or contact your nearest Ministry of Environment office.

South Game Bird District includes Zones 1 to 19, 21 to 42, 44 to 46, Saskatoon and Regina/Moose Jaw wildlife management zones, Duck Mountain, Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan Landing and Cypress Hills (West Block) provincial parks and that portion of Douglas Provincial Park located west of Diefenbaker Lake (Gordon McKenzie Arm). In Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area, game bird hunting is prohibited until September 20.

LEAS The use of non-toxic shot is required for P E NOTE hunting migratory game birds in Canada. Non-toxic shot means bismuth shot, steel shot, tin shot, tungsten-bronze-iron shot, tungsten-iron shot, tungsten-iron-nickelcopper shot, tungsten-matrix shot, tungstennickel-iron shot or tungsten-polymer shot.

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Before October 15, hunting for all geese is restricted to morning only (one-half hour before sunrise to 12:00 noon) in the South Game Bird District and Zones 43, 47 to 59 and 67 to 69. All day hunting for all geese begins October 15. Exception: White geese may be hunted all day, east of 106 degrees longitude.

Trapping Season - Saskatchewan Residents Only

Species
Arctic Fox Badger Bear Beaver Bobcat Coyote Fisher Fox (Red, Silver, Cross) Lynx Marten Mink Muskrat Otter Raccoon Skunk Squirrel Weasel Wolf Wolverine

Season Dates
Oct. 15, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 - Apr. 15, 2014 Sept. 1, 2013 - May 31, 2014 Oct. 1, 2013 - May 31, 2014 Oct. 15, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Oct. 15, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Open Season Nov. 1, 2013 - Mar. 1, 2014 Oct. 15, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 - Mar. 1, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 - Mar. 1, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 - Mar. 1, 2014 Oct. 15, 2013 - May 31, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 - Apr. 30, 2014 Open season Open season Nov. 1, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Nov. 1, 2013 - Mar. 1, 2014 Oct. 15, 2013 - Mar. 15, 2014 Oct. 15, 2013 - Feb. 15, 2014

Area
Closed outside Fur Conservation Areas Except in RMs that have passed an open season bylaw In Fur Conservation Areas Outside Fur Conservation Areas

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Trapping Information

For additional information on Saskatchewan fur programs and issues, visit the Ministry of Environment website at www.environment.gov.sk.ca

CERTIFIED KILLING TRAPS FOR 2013

Neck-snares are not covered under the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards and can continue to be used subject to existing provincial regulations and policy. For updates on trapping standards and certifications, go to www.fur.ca Species
Badger Beaver Underwater and on Land Continue use of existing traps until certified traps are identified. Belisle Classic 330 Belisle Super X 280 Belisle Super X 330 B.M.I. 280 Body Gripper B.M.I. 330 Body Gripper B.M.I. BT 300 Bridger 330 Duke 330 LDL C280 LDL C280 Magnum LDL C330 LDL C330 Magnum Rudy 280 Rudy 330 Sauvageau 1000-11F Sauvageau 2001-8 Sauvageau 2001-11 Sauvageau 2001-12 Species Specific 330-Dislocator Half Magnum Species Specific 440-Dislocator Half Magnum Woodstream Oneida Victor-Conibear 280 Woodstream Oneida Victor-Conibear 330

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Bobcat Fisher Lynx Marten Otter

Continue use of existing traps until certified traps are identified. Belisle Super X 120 Belisle Super X 160 Belisle Super X 220 Koro # 2 LDL C 160 Magnum LDL C 220 Magnum Rudy 160 Plus Rudy 120 Magnum Rudy 220 Plus Sauvageau 2001-5 Sauvageau 2001-6 Sauvageau 2001-7 Sauvageau 2001-8

Continue use of existing traps until certified traps are identified. Belisle Super X 120 Belisle Super X 160 B.M.I. 126 Magnum Body Gripper Koro #1 LDL B 120 Magnum Northwoods 155 Rudy 120 Magnum Rudy 160 Plus Sauvageau C 120 Magnum Sauvageau 2001-5 Sauvageau 2001-6

Continue use of existing traps until certified traps are identified.

Certified Killing Traps - continued Species

Muskrat On Land Belisle Super X 110 Belisle Super X 120 B.M.I. 120 B.M.I. 120 Magnum B.M.I. 126 Magnum Bridger 120 Duke 120 Koro Muskrat LDL B 120 Magnum Ouell 4-11-180 Ouell RM Rudy 110 Rudy 120 Rudy 120 Magnum Sauvageau C 120 Reverse Bend Sauvageau C120 Magnum Sauvageau 2001-5 Triple M Woodstream Oneida Victor-Conibear 110 Woodstream Oneida Victor-Conibear 120

Muskrat Underwater Raccoon

Any jaw trap (body gripping or leg-hold) set as a submersion set that exerts clamping force on a muskrat and that maintains a muskrat underwater Belisle Classic 220 Belisle Super X 160 Belisle Super X 220 Belisle Super X 280 B.M.I. 160 Body Gripper B.M.I. 220 Body Gripper B.M.I. 280 Body Gripper B.M.I. 280 Magnum Body Gripper Bridger 160 Bridger 220 Duke 160 Duke 220 Koro #2 LDL C 160 LDL C 220 LDL C 220 Magnum LDL C280 Magnum Northwood 155 Rudy 160 Rudy 160 Plus Rudy 220 Rudy 220 Plus Sauvageau 2001-6 Sauvageau 2001-7 Sauvageau 2001-8 Species Specific 220-Dislocator Half Magnum Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 160

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Weasel Bobcat Coyote Lynx Wolf

Continue use of existing traps until certified traps are identified.

CERTIFIED FOOT-HOLD RESTRAINING TRAPS FOR 2013

Continue use of existing modified restraining (foot-hold) traps until certified traps are identified. Continue use of existing modified restraining (foot-hold) traps until certified traps are identified. Belisle Footsnare #6 Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped with 2 coil springs Belisle Selectif Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped with 4 coil springs Oneida Victor #3 equipped with a minimum of 8 mm thick, non-offset steel jaws, 4 coil springs and an anchoring swivel centre mounted on a base plate.

Continue use of existing modified restraining (foot-hold) traps until certified traps are identified.

UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTING THE AGREEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANE TRAPPING STANDARDS

Canada is a signatory to the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards. This Agreement states that only certified traps, where listed, can legally be used for trapping furbearers. However, provisions in the Agreement will allow the continued use of traps that have not yet been tested or traps for species where an insufficient number of traps have currently been certified. This Agreement came into effect in Saskatchewan on October 1, 2007. The table on page 48 shows the list of certified traps, by species as of June 2013. The most current listing of certified traps can be found by checking the Fur Institute of Canada website at www.fur.ca or by phone at (613) 231-7099 or by e-mail at info@fur.ca. In accordance with the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards, leg-hold (foot-hold) traps on land can be used for the restraint and live-capture of a fur animal if the trap has been modified to improve humaneness or is set in a manner that will kill the animal with reasonable dispatch. In Saskatchewan, conventional steel-jawed leg-hold traps can be modified to meet humane standards by:
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offsetting the jaws so there is a minimum of 5 mm between the jaws when in a closed position. This can be accomplished by adding a bead of weld to the ends of the jaw edges to create a gap, or by grinding down a portion of the jaw edge; installing manufactured pads of a rubber-like substance fastened to the trap jaws. Wrapping the trap jaws with duct tape is not sufficient; and adding lamination to the trap jaws to increase the jaw thickness to 9 mm or greater.

For more information contact the nearest Ministry of Environment office or Mike Gollop at (306) 933-5767 or e-mail mike.gollop@gov.sk.ca.

Note As per Agreement, all trappers will be required to use certified killing traps for three additional species commencing as follows: Lynx 2015; Weasel 2015 and Otter 2016.

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TRAPPING INFORMATION

Hunters who harvest coyote and beaver in southern Saskatchewan are encouraged to make proper use of all animals. Trapping in a Fur Conservation Area in Zones 37, 50, 52, 53, 54 and 56 to 76 is by application only through Ministry of Environment offices. First time trappers must take a trapper education course or pass an equivalency exam before they can obtain a fur licence. The trapper education exam can be taken at Ministry of Environment offices. The Saskatchewan Trappers Association (STA) and Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association Co-operative (NSTAC) offer trapping education courses. For information please contact: STA - Floyd Hendrickson - f.d.hend@sasktel.net NSTAC - Clifford Ray - (306) 960-0927 Saskatchewan Trappers Association: (306) 862-4036 web site: http://sktrap.sasktelwebsite.net Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association Co-operative: (306) 960-0927 Ministry of Environment: (306) 933-5767 For additional information on Saskatchewan fur programs and issues, visit the Ministry of Environment website at www.environment.gov.sk.ca

Tourism Saskatchewan is a year-round travel information service. Receive information on tournaments, festivals and other activities related to hunting. You can also get travel information and trip planning assistance. Visit their website and talk to a travel counsellor via Live Chat. Contact toll-free: 1-877-237-2273 Website: www.sasktourism.com Email: travel.info@sasktourism.com 51

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Cooperative Deer Management Survey (CDMS) The ministry is looking for participants for its annual cooperative deer management survey. This survey runs from September to November each year and requires observers to record white-tailed deer and mule deer. No special equipment is required but participants are asked to identify the animals as to species: male, female or young of year, and class the buck by antler size. For more information and to sign up please call (306) 787-9221. Hunter Harvest Survey Starting in 2011, a new species specific hunter harvest survey was introduced. Hunter participation in this survey has been excellent. This information provides valuable information for use in managing big game population management in the province. For the 2013 season, the program will be expanded to include regular season hunters. Since this is a species specific survey you may receive more than one survey. The survey is very simple and quick to complete. The survey results supply wildlife managers with valid harvest estimates and success rates. This information assists in determining quotas and season structure.

Thank You
The ministry would like to thank all hunters who completed the 2012 hunter harvest survey and those who participated in the CDMS survey. The survey results are posted on our website www.environment.gov.sk.ca/hunting

NEW

Upland Gamebird Survey For those interested in contributing to upland game bird management in the province, please visit www.environment.gov.sk.ca/gamebirdsurvey. This voluntary survey asks participants to submit observations of upland game bird species throughout the year, the results of which will be used to inform on the status of upland game birds in Saskatchewan and direct management of these species.

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2013-2014 SUNRISE SUNSET TIMES

No hunting of wildlife permitted between hour after sunset and hour before sunrise. To calculate times for your hunting area, subtract one minute for every 16 kilometres (10 miles) east of 106 degrees longitude or add one minute for every 16 kilometres west of 106 degrees longitude.
2013-2014 Week Ending
August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 Sunrise (am) 5:56 6:07 6:19 6:30 6:42 6:53 7:05 7:17 7:29 7:41 7:54 8:06 8:19 8:31 8:43 Sunset (pm) 8:24 8:09 7:53 7:37 7:21 7:04 6:48 6:32 6:16 6:01 5:47 5:33 5:22 5:12 5:04 Sunrise (am) 8:54 9:03 9:10 9:14 9:16 9:15 9:11 9:04 8:56 8:45 8:33 8:20 8:05 7:50 Sunset (pm) 4:58 4:55 4:54 4:57 5:02 5:10 5:20 5:31 5:43 5:56 6:09 6:22 6:35 6:48

Week Ending December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29 January 5 January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9 February 16 February 23 March 2

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FISH AND WILDLIFE DEVELOPMENT FUND

The Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) was initiated as the Wildlife Development Fund in 1970 with the fisheries component added in 1984. Funding for the FWDF is provided by 30 per cent of the revenue generated from the sale of angling, hunting and trapping licences. The main objectives of the terrestrial/wildlife component of the FWDF are to secure and protect quality wildlife habitat, to support research that will enhance the capacity to manage our flora and fauna and to promote public awareness of the natural environment by supporting communication of informational material. Habitat Acquisition There are currently 88,743 hectares (219,281 acres) of land held by the FWDF. Many of these land parcels are held jointly with partnering agencies which currently include Ducks Unlimited Canada, Nature Conservancy of Canada and Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. Through partnership funding with the above agencies there were 1,889 hectares (4,668 acres) of land purchased in 2012-13 (fiscal year). An additional 1,339 hectares (3,308 acres) were protected through Conservation Easements bringing the total land under easement protection to 93,980 hectares (232,221 acres).

PRIVATE LAND

Please remember to get permission to access private land even if it is not posted.

The ministry and many conservation agencies support initiatives that foster improved hunter and landowner relationships. Southern Saskatchewan is comprised of 85 per cent privately owned or controlled lands.

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A listing of lands held by the FWDF is available on the Ministry of Environment website and is updated annually. These lands are open for hunting during the appropriate seasons and can be accessed anytime for a variety of low impact activities including nature watching and berry picking. Support for Management Research and Conservation Education The FWDF annually supports a range of research, management and education initiatives that increase the knowledge and awareness of Saskatchewan's natural ecosystems. Agreements with hunting, trapping and conservation organizations support a wide variety of conservation and education programs. Grants are also awarded for projects selected from funding proposals received annually. In addition, awards of $5,000 each are made to a selection of university students in support of their post-graduate research studies. The FWDF invites funding proposals for submission by January 31 of each year. Funding proposal applications are available at www.environment.gov.sk.ca/fwdf

Projected 2013-2014 FWDF Wildlife Component Budget

Research 7% Program Management 21% Habitat Securement and Management 47% Education 14% Projects 10%

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Have a Question? Call 1-800-567-4224 (in North America) or email centre.inquiry@gov.sk.ca

Ministry of Environment Offices
If you need hunting information or wish to report a fishing violation contact the nearest Ministry of Environment or select provincial park offices listed below. The area code for all numbers is 306.

Assiniboia Battlefords Beauval Big River Buffalo Narrows Candle Lake Chitek Lake Christopher Lake Creighton Dorintosh Duck Mountain Estevan Fort Qu'Appelle Greenwater Hudson Bay Humboldt Kindersley La Ronge Leader Lloydminster Loon Lake Maple Creek Meadow Lake

642-7242 386-2212 288-4710 469-2520 235-1740 929-8400 984-2343 982-6250 688-8812 236-7680 542-5500 637-4600 332-3215 278-3515 865-4400 682-6726 463-5458 425-4234 628-3100 825-6430 837-2410 662-5434 236-7557 56

Melfort Melville Moose Jaw Moose Mountain Nipawin North Battleford Outlook Pierceland Pinehouse Porcupine Plain Preeceville Prince Albert Regina Rowans Ravine Saskatoon Shaunavon Southend Spiritwood Stony Rapids Swift Current Wadena Weyburn Yorkton

752-6214 728-7480 694-3659 577-2600 862-1790 446-7416 867-5560 839-6250 884-2060 278-3515 547-5660 953-2322 787-2080 725-5200 933-6240 297-5433 758-6255 883-8501 439-2062 778-8205 338-6254 848-2344 786-1463

Services to Hunters
Canadian Wildlife Service Saskatchewan Outfitters Association - Saskatoon Information Services Corporation of Sask. (maps) - Regina Toll Free Tourism Saskatchewan - Regina area (Travel Information) - Toll Free North America Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Canadian Firearms Centre US Fish and Wildlife Service (Denver, Colorado) S.A.F.E. - Saskatchewan Association of Firearm Education Bow Hunter Education Information Ministry of Environment Inquiry Line 306-975-4087 306-668-1388 306-787-2799 1-866-420-6577 306-787-2300 1-877-237-2273 306-692-8812 1-800-731-4000 303-236-7540 306-352-6730 www.saskhuntered.ca www.saskbowhunters.ca 1-800-567-4224

Biologists
Mule deer (Regina) Barren ground caribou, Woodland caribou and Bear (La Ronge) Moose and Bison (Meadow Lake) White-tailed deer (Melville) Pronghorn (Swift Current) Elk (Prince Albert) 306-787-9221 306-425-4237 306-236-9819 306-728-7487 306-778-8522 306-953-2695

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Hunters: Please respect private land. Don't let your actions cause a No Hunting sign to go up!
! contact the landowner whenever possible, even when land is not posted ! it is illegal to hunt on posted land without permission ! be respectful of the landowner's wishes while hunting ! don't drive on crops, including seeded, muddy or swathed fields ! close all gates ! be careful with fire ! report any hunters damaging crops or property ! report illegal hunting to the TIP line

No Trespassing

NO HUN TING

TIP Line: 1-800-667-7561

DONT LET YOUR HUNTING FUEL A WILDFIRE.

When you are hunting, keep these FireSmart tips in mind
Practice fire safety when hunting or you could risk starting a wildfire. Hot mufflers can easily start grass fires. Be mindful of where you park and ensure dry vegetation doesnt contact your exhaust. When extinguishing fires, always ensure the fire is out before leaving. To learn more about being FireSmart, visit www.environment.gov.sk.ca/firesmart.

Spot a wildfire? Call 1-800-667-9660.

Protecting Our Resources

...for today and tomorrow.
Protecting our provinces resources is everyones responsibility. Report any violations to the TIP line or contact your nearest Conservation Officer. Cash rewards of up to $2,000. Calls are not traced or recorded and callers may choose to remain anonymous. Every call is investigated.

SaskTel CELL #5555 or 1-800-667-7561 www.environment.gov.sk.ca